Provisos. Modification of plans. etc. Aids to navigation. one north, of range twenty-three west, in Wright County, and section six, in township thirty-two north, of range twenty-six west, in Sherburne County, Minnesota: Provided, That the plans for the construction of said dam and appurtenant works shall be submitted to and approve plans, etc. approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War before the commencement of construction of the same: And provided further, That the said Minnesota Power and Trolley Company, its successors or assigns, shall not deviate from such plans after such approval, either before or after the completion of said structures, unless the modification of said plans shall have previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of War: And provided further, That there shall be placed and main-Sluiceways for logs, tained in connection with said dam a sluiceway so arranged as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around, through, or over said dam without unreasonable delay or hindrance and without toll or charges: And provided further, That the dam shall be so constructed that the Government of the United States may at any time construct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes, and may at any time, without compensation, control the said dam so far as shall be necessary for purposes of navigation, but shall not destroy the water power developed by said dam and structures to any greater extent than may be necessary to provide proper facilities for navigation, and that the Sec- Changes. retary of War may at any time require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modifications and changes in the construction of such dam as he may deem advisable in the interests of navigation: And provided further, That in case any litigation arises from the building Litigation. of said dam, or from the obstruction of said river by said dam or appurtenant works, cases may be tried in the proper courts, as now provided for that purpose in the State of Minnesota and in the courts of the United States; but nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said structures from the operation of same. Existing laws not modified. SEC. 2. That suitable fishways, to be approved by the United States Fishways. Fish Commissioner, shall be constructed and maintained at said dam by said corporation, its successors or assigns. Time of construction. SEC. 3. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved; and the same shall become null and void unless the construction of the dam hereby authorized be commenced within one year after the passage of this Act and completed within three years thereafter. Approved, March 12, 1904. CHAP. 543.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five. March 12, 1904. [H. R. 11287.] [Public, No. 48.] sular appropriations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Diplomatic and conand they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: SCHEDULE A. SALARIES OF AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred, dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Schedule A. Salaries. Ambassadors. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary. Post, p. 394. Minister resident and consul-general. Agent, etc., Cairo. Instruction transit pay. and Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy and AustriaHungary, at twelve thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Brazil, China, Japan, Cuba, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thou sand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Panama, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, ninety thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, and diplomatic agent in Bulgaria, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Bolivia, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Ecuador, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti, to be accredited also as chargé d'affaires to Santo Domingo, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Korea, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Siam, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Persia, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, four thousand dollars; Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars; Chargés d'affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, thirtyfive thousand dollars; Total, four hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred dollars. SALARIES OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS WHILE RECEIVING To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from R. 8.,sec. 1740, p. 309. their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act, in pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, is hereby appropriated. Secretaries of embassies and legations. SALARIES OF SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS. Secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy. five dollars; Secretaries of legations, to China and Japan, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; Secretaries of legation to Cuba and Panama, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Colombia, two thousand dollars: Secretary of legation to Siam and consul-general at Bangkok, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Stockholm, one thousand five hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, who shall also be secretary of the diplomatic agency in Bulgaria, with residence at Athens, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, and to Chile, one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Turkey, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, twelve thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic, Venezuela, and Peru, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, and Liberia, Switzerland, and Korea (who shall be consul-general to Seoul), at one thousand five hundred dollars each, nine thousand nine hundred dollars; Second secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Second secretaries. France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Second secretary of legation to Turkey, who shall be an American student of the language of Turkey, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote his time to the acquisition of such language, one thousand six hundred dollars; Second secretary of legation to Cuba, one thousand five hundred dollars; Third secretaries of embassies to Great Britain, France, Mexico, Third secretaries. and Germany, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, four thou sand eight hundred dollars; Total, eighty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty five dollars. SALARIES OF INTERPRETERS TO LEGATIONS. Chinese secretary, legation to China, and interpreter to legation to Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legations and consulates in China, at one thousand dollars each, ten thou Provisos. Nonpartisan selec tion. Term of service. Cost of tuition, immediately available. Double salaries not allowed. Spain. Contingent expenses, foreign missions: sand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan so far as may be consistent with aptness and fitness for the intended work: And provided further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legations and consulates in China so long as his said services may be required within a period of ten years; For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the legation to China at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, to be immediately available, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; Total, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer. LEGATION TO SPAIN. For clerk hire at legation to Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, FOREIGN MISSIONS. To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, postage, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk hire, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomen, and porters, including compensation of interpreter, guards, and Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangiers, and the compensation of dispatch agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of embassies and legations, and for printing in the Department of State, and for Loss by exchange. loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Dispatch agents. Printing. Steam launch, Turkey. Rent. Japan. Cape Spartel Light. Bringing home criminals. STEAM LAUNCH FOR LEGATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, one thousand eight hundred dollars. RENT OF BUILDINGS FOR LEGATION AT PEKIN. Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Pekin, or such other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand six hundred dollars. GROUND RENT OF LEGATION AT TOKYO, JAPAŇ. Annual ground rent of the legation at Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. ANNUAL EXPENSES OF CAPE SPARTEL LIGHT, COAST OF MOROCCO. Annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangiers Light on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars. BRINGING HOME CRIMINALS. Actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars. RESCUING SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN SEAMEN. Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars. EXPENSES UNDER THE NEUTRALITY ACT. Expenses, neutrality act. To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the neutrality Act, to be expended under the direction of the President, pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one R. S., sec. 291, p. 49. of the Revised Statutes, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE. Unforeseen emergencies. To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States, to be expended pursuant to the R. S., sec. 291, p. 49. requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. ALLOWANCE TO WIDOWS OR HEIRS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS WHO DIE ABROAD. Payment to heirs of abroad. Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and diplomatic and conforty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to the widows sular officers dying or heirs at law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311. dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, five thousand dollars. TRANSPORTING REMAINS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS, CONSULS, AND CON- Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, at their post or at home, five thousand dollars. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Bringing home reand consuls, etc. mains of ministers International Bureau of Weights and Vol. 20, p. 714. Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen Measures. hundred and five, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand three hundred and six dollars and ninety-three cents. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS. To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for the year ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and five, of sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents; this appropriation to be available on April first, nineteen hundred and four, pursuant to convention proclaimed December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety. |